15 April:1912,1865

Subject: 15 April:1912,1865
From: Stewart
Date: 15 Apr 01 - 03:04 PM

On this date - 15 April - 136 years ago Abe Lincloln was assasinated. See Phil Och's song THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT, THAT WAS THE MAN.

On this date - 15 April - 89 years ago the Titanic sank. For a different perspective of this event see this Cartoon by Bill Tidy and the poem it inspired by Les Barker HAVE YOU GOT ANY NEWS OF THE ICEBERG?.

Cheers, S. in Seattle

Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Apr 01 - 03:11 PM

There's a man at the Orillia Song Circle who frequently sings "Have You Got Any News Of The Iceberg?". It's a pretty offbeat and amusing take on the Titanic incident.

- LH

Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865
From: Firecat
Date: 16 Apr 01 - 12:14 PM

I knew about the Ttanic, but I didn't know that Lincoln was assassinated on the same day but 47 years earlier.

Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865
From: mousethief
Date: 16 Apr 01 - 12:15 PM

Oh Captain! My Captain!

Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865
From: gnu
Date: 16 Apr 01 - 12:21 PM

LH - you got the lyrics ?

Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 16 Apr 01 - 12:58 PM

Abraham Lincoln was actually shot April 14, 1865 (Good Friday) He died at 7:20 am April 15, 1865. My father was born a week to the day before the titanic sunk. A fact that we found quite amusing (when we were out of arms reach.) Hope everyone had a marvelous holiday. Kindest reguards, NEil

Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865
From: Abby Sale
Date: 16 Apr 01 - 08:26 PM

I got to sing this at the local club yesterday. And nobody threw anything, even.

Now I could be a tenor
And easily hit high C
But I heard one on the radio
And that was enough for me.
Whenever I think of Lincoln
I never can forgive
The guy that would murder a man like him
And let these tenors live.


"I Just Don't Want to be Rich,"
On Sam Hinton's The Song of Men; Folkways

Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865
From: Art Thieme
Date: 16 Apr 01 - 11:45 PM

"That Was The President And That Was The Man" was written by Phil Ochs right after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963---not for Abraham Lincoln. He wrote 2 different versions of the song that I recall. Lincoln was mentioned in the song just to show that since memories of Lincoln didn't fade after he was gone, neither would memories of Jon Kennedy. Both of those songs are in my collection I titled Songs Of The Life, Times And Assasination Of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The whole collection pretty much is in the Archive Of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress in Wash D.C.

We had a decent thread here some time ago on songs of J.F.K. and I think I posted this song there--among others.

Art Thiemne

Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Apr 01 - 02:04 AM

Art you posted a bunch of good ones in that thread. Here is a link to it: KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.

Gnu, you will find the lyrics to Les Barker's poignant, yet, funny piece in this thread: HAVE YOU GOT ANY NEWS OF THE ICEBERG?.

kat